Assorted Links

1. A special issue from Science Magazine on The science of inequality
   
   
2. How much does it cost to study in an Ivy League university?
   
   
3. Meet the Robin Hood of Science and download any academic paper for free at Sci-Hub
   
   
4. Beautiful photographic work on China's Ghost Cities
   
   
5. Student hacks Raspberry Pi to run college bar at Oxford (ht Jakob Engel). The piece is from 2013, but I've heard the system is still working fine.
   
   
6. How cold can Chicago get?
   
   
7. A map of NYC street trees by species
   
   
8. 3 years later, Syrian refugee camp booms into makeshift city
   
   
9. A fairly detailed map of commuting trips in UK cities, by Oliver O’Brien